Mr. Varnum's Digital Classroom http://tvarnum.edublogs.org Tyngsborough High School – English Department Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:00:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Period 5B http://tvarnum.edublogs.org/2009/11/06/period-5b-85/ http://tvarnum.edublogs.org/2009/11/06/period-5b-85/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:59:57 +0000 Mr. Varnum http://tvarnum.edublogs.org/?p=1732 We held our debates today.

HOMEWORK: Study for vocabulary quiz on Tuesday.

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HOMEWORK: Story Generators due on Monday. Articles due on 11/16

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HOMEWORK: Finish papers and prepare for vocabulary quiz on Monday.

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HOMEWORK: Study for Vocabulary Quiz on Monday.

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HOMEWORK: Stringbooks due tomorrow. Story Generators due on Monday. Next articles due on 11/16.

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HOMEWORK: Work on essay which is due on Monday. Study vocabulary.

]]> http://tvarnum.edublogs.org/2009/11/05/period-2-173/feed/ 0 Period 5A http://tvarnum.edublogs.org/2009/11/05/period-5a-54/ http://tvarnum.edublogs.org/2009/11/05/period-5a-54/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:37:17 +0000 Mr. Varnum http://tvarnum.edublogs.org/?p=1709 First, we watched a few minutes of the movie version of “All Quiet on the Western Front” to show students trench warfare.

Next, we reviewed “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway and discussed the study questions.

Finally, we did some work with the vocabulary words.

HOMEWORK: Prepare for quizzes on the story and the vocab words on Monday.

]]> http://tvarnum.edublogs.org/2009/11/05/period-5a-54/feed/ 0 Lesson Plans for November 4, 2009 http://tvarnum.edublogs.org/2009/11/04/lesson-plans-for-november-4-2009/ http://tvarnum.edublogs.org/2009/11/04/lesson-plans-for-november-4-2009/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:04:40 +0000 Mr. Varnum http://tvarnum.edublogs.org/?p=1707 I’m out of school today. Here are the plans for all classes:

Period 2 — College prep War Literature

  • Students can work on the paper that is due on Monday. They also may study their vocabulary words for Monday’s quiz.

  • They may use the computers.

Period 3 — Journalism

  • Students can work on their stringbooks or story generators on the computer.

Period 5B — Honors War Literature
Students can work on preparing for the debates which will take place on Friday.

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HOMEWORK: Finish debate preparation.

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HOMEWORK: Finish reading the story and answer the Making Meanings questions at the end of the story.

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